Maricopa County board adopts budget for fiscal year 2017
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted a $2.3 billion budget for fiscal year 2017.
Attorney General seeks $10M more for child welfare cases
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is asking for a $9 million increase in funding in fiscal-year 2017 and an additional $1 million this year to pay for an overload of child welfare cases.
Slow your roll
Ducey spokesman Daniel Scarpinato said it’s too early for Farley or anyone else to sound the alarm about whether state agencies will be denied the restoration of previous cuts in FY17, despite a projected $266 million surplus. For that matter, Scarpinato said it would be premature to start making decisions about the surplus funds at all.